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This could be a bad year for Apple Watch developments
This is an excellent video which is backed up by some fairly decent evidence and besides the resourcing reasons for Apple not being able to really enhance the product there is also the notion that they do not need to… Read More ›
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Immediately disconnect your My Book Live device
Immediately disconnect your My Book Live device from the Internet to protect your data from ongoing attacks. You can disconnect the device and continue to access your data locally by following these instructions on our Knowledge Base. Some My Book… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 65 (the last one)
Joanne and I answered some of your questions to start- Any good new music recommendations? Matt Why have you not done YouTube? Marie No government has succeeded with Covid. We need to accept it is here for years! Get over… Read More ›
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Here come the crazies
Boris Johnson is a weak man. He is a person who needs to be liked, who has aspired to greatness his whole life and who does not care how he gets there. His lack of morality is second only to… Read More ›
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Apple TV 4K vs Fire TV Stick 4K Ultra HD
My Apple TV is old and a pain to use these days; the software is noticeably slow compared to any other device I use, starting a streaming seems to take forever and the remote is completely unintuitive (and gets lost… Read More ›
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What’s the difference between Boris Johnson and Kim Jong-un?
The week started with the idea that UK schoolchildren should all sing a new song called ‘One Nation, One Britain’. It is creepy at best and at worst it is reminiscent of Germany and the Soviet Union many decades ago…. Read More ›
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Quick update
If you have this site bookmarked please use lostinmobile.wpcomstaging.com instead of mcgst.com from now. The domain will expire in a few days and so the original WordPress URL will need to be used. The hosting will expire at the start… Read More ›
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WorkOutDoors: a transformative Apple Watch app
If you use your Apple Watch for fitness tracking I would like to suggest WorkOutDoors as an alternative to the standard Fitness app. I don’t have time to write a full review, but if you want completely customisable workout views,… Read More ›
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Nothing could prepare me for the online war
“To her subjects, Prince Philip was the longest-serving royal consort in British history — an often crotchety figure, offending people with gaffes about slitty eyes, even if secretly we rather enjoyed them.” The above, written by Christina Lamb, was all… Read More ›
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The mixed up world of podcast subscriptions
Apple has just launched subscriptions in the Podcast app and at first I was sceptical. This scepticism comes from the thought that podcasts, just like the internet, should be free. I am not saying that this view is correct, but… Read More ›
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